Apple Studio Freezing Up

In the last several weeks, my Mac Studio has stopped responding after it goes to sleep. I have had to do a hard shutdown (pushing the "on" button for several seconds) and hard start up. On a few occasions, minutes after I shut down the computer using the menus, the computer turned itself back on. A couple of times recently, after I start the computer, the computer stops responding at the black screen just before the desktop should appear. I have had to do a hard shutdown and start over again. Any thoughts on resolving the problem?


Mike


(Mac Studio, M2 Max chip, 64GB, Sequoia 15.3.1, Apple Studio Display 27")

Posted on Mar 1, 2025 2:42 PM

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Posted on Mar 2, 2025 10:19 AM

Looks like BitDefender is about to claim another unsuspecting Mac victim with junk-ware.

Disable and Uninstall all traces of BitDefender as per the developers directions.


Then Startup in Safe Mode followed by a normal Restart and test.

see > Start up your Mac in safe mode - Apple Support


You're good, without any third-party junk-ware.

see > macOS - Security - Apple

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